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Chicago O'Hare International Airport

Chicago · United States · America/Chicago

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11Runways
13,000Longest (ft)
680Elevation (ft)
205Route Records
46Airline Records
UTC-6Timezone
221Mapped Stands

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Route Intelligence

78Highly Connected
Shortest route
MKEGeneral Mitchell International Airport107.7 km
American Airlines
Longest route
HKGHong Kong International Airport12,522.2 km
United Airlines
Nearest international
YXULondon International Airport565.9 km
Air Canada
Longest international
HKGHong Kong International Airport12,522.2 km
American Airlines
Longest domestic
HNLDaniel K. Inouye International Airport6,819.4 km
United Airlines

Airport Connectivity Score

78/100

Highly Connected

Destinations served205 destinations
Airline diversity46 airlines
Haul mix coverage4 of 4 distance categories

Calculated from destination count, airline diversity, and haul-mix coverage. More signals (customs/border access, ground handling capacity) will be added as the dataset grows.

Runways

04L/22R7,500 ftAsphaltLIT
04R/22L8,075 ftAsphaltLIT
09C/27C11,245 ftConcreteLIT
09L/27R7,500 ftAsphaltLIT
09R/27L11,260 ftAsphaltLIT
10C/28C10,800 ftConcreteLIT
10L/28R13,000 ftConcreteLIT
10R/28L7,500 ftConcreteLIT
14L/32R10,005 ftAsphaltLITCLOSED
15/339,686 ftAsphaltLITCLOSED
18/365,332 ftAsphaltLITCLOSED

Haul Mix

short-haul
125
medium-haul
50
long-haul
19
ultra-long-haul
11

Geographic Context

Nearest airport
PWKChicago Executive Airport15.1 km
Nearest same country
PWKChicago Executive Airport15.1 km
Nearest international
YQGWindsor International Airport409.4 km
Farthest airport
ALHAlbany Airport17,654.3 km
Within 500 km: 90 airportsWithin 1,000 km: 302 airportsWithin 2,000 km: 746 airports

10 Nearest Airports

1PWKChicago Executive Airport15.1 kmM
2MDWChicago Midway International Airport24.9 kmL
3DPADupage Airport29.5 kmM
4GYYGary/Chicago International Airport57.2 kmM
5ENWKenosha Regional Airport68.6 kmM
6VPZPorter County Municipal Airport94.6 kmM
7MGCMichigan City Municipal Airport94.8 kmM
8IKKGreater Kankakee Airport101 kmM
9RFDChicago Rockford International Airport101.3 kmM
10MKEGeneral Mitchell International Airport107.7 kmL

ATC Frequencies9

APPAPP119 MHz
ASOSASOS135.4 MHz
ATISATIS135.4 MHz
CLDCLNC DEL121.6 MHz
DEPDEP125 MHz
GNDGND121.675 MHz
PTDPTD126.2 MHz
TWRTWR126.9 MHz
UNICUNICOM122.95 MHz

Top Aircraft Types

ER4
119
738
102
CR7
90
ERD
71
320
68
ERJ
68
CRJ
61
319
55
E75
53
763
43

Live Departures & Arrivals27

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DLH433A343875 ft
VIV546A320500 ft
AAL2668A3211,300 ft
SKW4802CRJ24,650 ft
AMX682B38M2,625 ft
RPA4455E75L8,650 ft
AAL627A3214,950 ft
DAL1199B7393,850 ft
SKW5048CRJ29,750 ft
SKW5135CRJ23,850 ft

Source: adsb.lol — community ADS-B network. Approximate local traffic within 40nm, not a definitive schedule.

Aircraft Spotted Here

Airbus A340-313X at Frankfurt Rhein-Main Int'l Airport - EDDFPhoto: Hegedus Donat via JetPhotosAirbus A320-232 at Guadalajara Don Miguel Y Hidalgo Int'l - MMGLPhoto: AlanSpotter via JetPhotosAirbus A321-231 at Tampa Int'l Airport - KTPAPhoto: Fabian Behr via JetPhotosBombardier CRJ-200ER at Chicago O'Hare Int'l Airport - KORDPhoto: Xiangyu Huang via JetPhotosBoeing 737-8 MAX at Mexico City Licenciado Benito Juarez Int'l - MMMXPhoto: Ernesto1503 via JetPhotosEmbraer ERJ-170-200LR at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport - KDCAPhoto: FOKKER AIRCRAFT via JetPhotos

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Airline Records in Dataset46

EIAer Lingus
AMAeroMéxico
ABAir Berlin
ACAir Canada
CAAir China
3EAir Choice One
AFAir France
AIAir India Limited
ASAlaska Airlines
AZAlitalia
NHAll Nippon Airways
AAAmerican Airlines
OZAsiana Airlines
OSAustrian Airlines
AVAvianca - Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia
BABritish Airways
SNBrussels Airlines
CXCathay Pacific
KXCayman Airways
CMCopa Airlines
DLDelta Air Lines
EYEtihad Airways
AYFinnair
F9Frontier Airlines
HUHainan Airlines
IBIberia Airlines
JLJapan Airlines Domestic
B6JetBlue Airways
KLKLM Royal Dutch Airlines
KEKorean Air
LOLOT Polish Airlines
LHLufthansa Cargo
MHMalaysia Airlines
QFQantas
QRQatar Airways
RJRoyal Jordanian
SKScandinavian Airlines System
NKSpirit Airlines
LXSwiss International Air Lines
TKTurkish Airlines
+6 more

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Airport HistoryEst. 1955

O'Hare began life in the early 1940s as Orchard Field, a wartime airstrip built for Douglas Aircraft's C-54 transport plant, which is why its IATA code is still ORD. Renamed in 1949 for Navy flying ace Edward 'Butch' O'Hare, it grew through the jet age into one of the world's busiest airports and remains a major hub for United and American Airlines.

✦O'Hare's IATA code, ORD, comes from its original wartime name, Orchard Field.
✦It is named after Lieutenant Commander Edward 'Butch' O'Hare, the U.S. Navy's first flying ace of World War II and a Medal of Honor recipient.
✦O'Hare held the title of world's busiest airport by traffic for much of the 1960s through the 1990s.
✦Terminal 3 houses an aeroponic garden that grows herbs and produce used in the airport's restaurants.
✦O'Hare's underground pedestrian tunnel between concourses B and C features a colorful neon light installation set to music.
1942
Orchard Field built

The site was developed during World War II as an airfield attached to a Douglas Aircraft plant producing C-54 Skymaster transport planes, the origin of the ORD airport code.

1949
Renamed O'Hare International Airport

Chicago renamed the airport in honor of Lieutenant Commander Edward 'Butch' O'Hare, a U.S. Navy fighter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient killed in World War II.

1955
Commercial passenger service begins

Scheduled airline service started at O'Hare as Chicago began shifting traffic away from the smaller Midway Airport.

1963
Becomes Chicago's primary airport

O'Hare surpassed Midway as Chicago's main airport and rapidly became one of the busiest airports in the world during the jet age.

1979
American Airlines Flight 191 crash

An American Airlines DC-10 crashed on takeoff on 25 May 1979, killing 273 people in what was then the deadliest single-aircraft aviation disaster in U.S. history.

1993
International Terminal opens

Terminal 5, O'Hare's dedicated international terminal, opened to accommodate growing overseas traffic.

1998
Loses title of world's busiest airport

After decades atop the rankings, O'Hare was overtaken by Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as the world's busiest by passenger traffic.

2008
First new runway in nearly 40 years

As part of the O'Hare Modernization Program, a new runway opened, the airport's first in decades, part of a long-term reconfiguration of its runway layout.

Operator
City of Chicago Department of Aviation1946 – presentThe City of Chicago acquired the former wartime airfield after World War II and has operated it continuously since.

Editorial content based on public records.